Originally Posted by alphaorange

The guy has been absolutely horrible at coaching. Larry Brown won more games than we have now and he didn't have the talent that is here now. You people crucified him. Thomas is not a good coach by any stretch. As far as his judge of ability and talent, and his GM prowess.....please. There are few moves he made that are real pleasant surprises. Frye over Bynum? Lee I like. Nate over Jack, Kleiza, Ewing, Turiaf, Ellis, Blatche, and Gelebale? Take a look. He blew the Balkman/Collins draft as well. Now we can talk about his trades. The Curry trade? Gave WAY too much. Randolph? That may end up a real killer. FA signings? Gave up far too much money for the players he signed. The man is way overrated in every capacity. He may have a great Bball mind but it's overshadowed by all his failings.

With regards to where we are now as compared to where we were when he got here? Let's see...we have had 3 years of 20+ wins with no top picks to show for it. We have perhaps more talent, but it doesn't mesh and we can't trade it for good talent that does. We still are cap bound and only by finding a trading partner to take Randolph for shorter contracts will be be able to do anything by '09. We are still a crappy team....crappier than we were, even. We still have no definite future as far as young guys (sans Lee), and we have no cap flexibility. Tell me again how the franchise is better because of his time here?